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{{character
|image=Galladon.jpg
|aliases=Dendo, Temoo, ''Grump''
|abilities={{demonym tag|Elantrian}}, {{tag+|Worldhoppingworldhopping}}
|world=Sel|ethnicity=Duladel|residence=Elantris
|groups={{tag|Seventeenth Shard}}
|ethnicity=Duladel
|world=Sel|ethnicity=Duladel|residence=Elantris
|world=Sel
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Elantris]], [[The Stormlight Archive]]
}}
 
=== Elantrian ===
A few months after he is taken by the Shaod,{{book ref|Elantris|4}} Galladon meets [[Raoden]] who is running away from five other Elantrians on the latter's first day in Elantris. He starts introducing Raoden to the realities of Elantris, telling him they are already dead and their bodies no longer heal and that the pain driveeventually everyonedrives madevery eventuallyElantrian mad. Raoden offers some of the food he was given to Galladon in exchange for educating and guiding Raoden for thirty days. Galladon reluctantly agrees.{{book ref|Elantris|1}} He starts teaching Raoden by showing him how the gangs in Elantris work, and how to keep his body from harm as much as possible, and he talks of the [[Hoed]]. He shows the market section, the university, and the palace of Elantris where the three gangs make their homes. He tells Raoden that when a [[Seonseon]]'s master is taken by the Shaod, the Seonseon is driven mad. After that, he takes them to his father's workroom and introduces Raoden to [[AonDor]] by drawing [[Aon#Deo|Aon Deo]] in the air.{{book ref|Elantris|4}} They start discussing AonDor.{{book ref|Elantris|7}}
 
They see the [[Derethi]] [[gyorn]] [[Hrathen]] preaching on the walls of Elantris. Later, they go to the gates and despite Galladon's protests, Raoden rescues a man named [[Mareshe]] from the gangs and recruits him. They run from [[Shaor]]'s men to a building with an unstable staircase. The staircase collapses, and Raoden throws the newcomer's food to the men below in the hopes that the men will leave. They learn that Mareshe is a jeweler, but Raoden asks him to make shoes. Mareshe agrees and they start the foundation of New Elantris.{{book ref|Elantris|7}} This, however, makes the gangs think Raoden is starting his own gang.
They continue recruiting and select a [[Korathi]] church as their base.{{book ref|Elantris|10}} They move Galladon's father's books to this base, though it takes an hour for Raoden to convince Galladon to do so. Soon the Elantrians start coming to New Elantris by themselves and ask to join.{{book ref|Elantris|13}}
 
Galladon eventually learns there was a rebellion in his homeland which resulted in the republic collapsing and that [[Shu-Dereth]] is the state religion in Duladel. He is deeply shaken by the news. Raoden shows Galladon bags of seed corn and asks how he would judge the quality of the seeds. GalladonsGalladon finds them satisfactory and soon he plants the corn in one of the gardens and starts growing food.{{book ref|Elantris|16}}
 
Galladon is instrumental in Raoden's efforts to establish order in New Elantris. He also explains the concept of the [[Dor]] to Raoden{{book ref|Elantris|19}} and plays a large part in the battle for Teod, organizing and leading the Elantrians who came to Teod's rescue.
 
=== Appearance on Roshar ===
Galladon appears as '''Temoo''' on [[Roshar]]. [[Purelake]] fisherman [[Ishikk]] calls him '''Grump'''.{{qawob ref|618|49|Is Galladon the Dula in ''Way of Kings''?|date=Aug 4th, 201110085}} How he is able to move between worlds is unknown. He is described as being dark-skinned, like the [[Makabaki]] of Roshar. Unlike the Makabaki, he has thick limbs and a completely bald head. This is very similar to how he is described before the Shaod. Since ''The Way of Kings'' takes place after ''Elantris'', it is reasonable to conclude that this is an illusion, either identical or similar to his pre-Elantrian state. Much like in ''Elantris'', he continues to refer to others as "friend", and frequently followed statements with the interrogative "Understand?". Galladon says these in the local language rather than his native [[Duladel]] language. At the end of the Interlude, he says a phrase in Duladen, his native language, repeating the word ''kayana'', meaning "crazy". Galladon's true motives on Roshar are unknown, but he and his two companions, [[Demoux]]{{qawob ref|675|10|Is ''Thinker'' Demoux?|date=Dec 15th, 20116683}} and [[BluntBaon]], hired Ishikk to look for [[Hoid]]. Ishikk was paid with a pouch of spheres even though he wasn't able to locate Hoid in the five months since the trio hired him.{{book ref|sa1|i|1}}
 
== Attributes and Abilities ==
As an Elantrian, Galladon is a practitioner of [[AonDor]]. His body heals quickly and is blessed with great strength, insight and speed.{{book ref|Elantris|prologue}}
Whether or not he has found out how to adapt AonDor for use on other [[Shardworld|Shardworlds]] is currently unknown.
 
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